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Simon Moya-Smith/YourHub staff
Article Contributed on: 4/27/2009 5:38:32 PM
Sundays are contemplative days for me. For the most part, I do practically nothing other than read a book over a cup of coffee or sometimes tea. But in the end, it's a day designated for me and my thoughts alone.
As I sat at a local coffee shop, lost in my cerebral, I pondered what it was I wanted to write about in my column this week. Always striving to provide you with a stimulating narrative you'll think about throughout the day, I finally landed an idea prompted by my surroundings.
Sitting there in that coffee shop, I realized I had chosen that specific location based on one factor and one factor alone: familiarity. I've known that locally owned cafe for oodles of years. But I know it's not the only of its kind. I'm sure there are many more just like it - but where?
As a result of last Sunday's contemplative endeavors, I am poised to begin an adventure across Jefferson County, which I will then log in this column for your pleasure.
It is my intention to visit local businesses - cafes, restaurants, jewelers, choclatiers, art galleries, so on and so forth - and other locations with the particular honor of documenting and photographing these places I'm sure I've driven past, but have never ventured into.
But, of course, I will need your help. Tell me about the many places you know of, and probably love to visit. How long have you known the place? Who told you about it? And also, what makes it so unique, so exceptional that you think we should all know about it?
Each week, I'll select one Jeffco location from your submissions and make my way down there. It doesn't matter what it is. It could be a little-known restaurant (by now you should know how much of a diner I am), a dance studio (you'd truly be surprised at how well I can move my hips) or even a secluded park area you visit that maybe you think others should partake in.
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